späterem

[ˈʃpɛːtəʁəm]

/[ˈʃpɛːtəʁəm]/ adj

The verdict

“späterem” is uncommon German (frequency #89,602 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,602
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs spät

Corpus desk

Index DE-spaterem · späterem · German

späterem · rank #89,602 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,602
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sprengladung

Nearest frequency peer: Sprengladung (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „späterem“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „späterem“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for späterem
PropertyValue
Headwordspäterem
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃpɛːtəʁəm]
Letters8
Frequency rank#89,602
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „späterem“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).späteremfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sprengladung“ (#89,601), „Späti“ (#89,603), „Sprachbarriere“ (#89,600). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „späterem“ bei #89,602. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

späterem is uncommon German at frequency #89,602 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃpɛːtəʁəm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

späterem has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is späterem, spelled S-P-Ä-T-E-R-E-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs spät
  2. 2
    Dativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs spät

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "späterem"?
"späterem" is spelled S-P-Ä-T-E-R-E-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpɛːtəʁəm].
What does "späterem" mean?
As an adjective, "späterem" means: Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Komparativs des Adjektivs spät
How do you pronounce "späterem"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "späterem" is [ˈʃpɛːtəʁəm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "späterem" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "späterem", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list